GREENWICH, Conn. - There are many golf courses where a number of veteran amateurs show their age.
A good putting stroke helps, too.
"This course is not a long course, so it doesn't favor the long kids," Minisceongo's Patrick Pierson said after beating Brae Burn's Matthew Linde 4 and 2 in the first round of the 90th Westchester Golf Association Amateur Championship yesterday. "You have to be able to putt here. I had six birdies and one eagle. A couple of them were conceded, but I'm putting confidently."
The 45-year-old recently won the New York City Amateur and was a finalist in this event in 2004, but fell to Patrick Cibirka of Storm King in 19 holes in the second round.
A number of strong college players are in the field. There were a couple of minor upsets yesterday as St. John's senior Michael Ballo Jr. took out Michael Quagliano, who just graduated from Duke, 3 and 2 in the second round. Fenway's David Weisfeld, who plays at Michigan, beat Westchester Hills' Max Buckley, who just finished his freshman year at SMU, 1-up in the second round.
"He played extremely well," said Quagliano, who plays out of GlenArbor. "Michael was 5- or 6-under through 16 and only made one bogey.".......
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